English 1C & 2C

Course Syllabus

BE SOMEONE, GO SOMEWHERE

Course Description:
This year-long course integrates the following 4 elements:

1. Literacy - reading & writing
2. Communication- listening, speaking, and presenting
3. Character Education- ECV’s 8 Keys/Core Values
4. Organizational Skills - planner & 3-ring binder

This is a required course for all students in grade nine. The course content includes units of study in fiction and non-fiction. Activities in each unit interrelate reading, writing, oral communication, and language study including grammar, usage and standard forms of American English. This course is intended to help students meet district-adopted English language arts standards and prepare them for the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE).

Behavior:
Education is not a spectator sport. In this class you are expected to be an ACTIVE learner as demonstrated by participating in class discussions, staying on task, asking questions, following directions, having eye contact, accepting challenges, and making connections.

To maintain a successful learning environment you must always demonstrate a positive attitude. You must show respect for the teacher as well as each other. No put-downs or negative comments are acceptable in the classroom. The following few rules are the keys to success in this class:

1. Listen while the teacher/peers are talking
2. Raise your hand and wait to be called on
3. Ask permission to leave your seat
4. LISTEN and follow directions carefully
5. Demonstrate the 8 ECV Keys/Core Values in your attitude and behavior

Behavioral Consequences:

1. Warning
2. Call home
3. T.A.S.
4. 1st referral and call home (detention)
5. 2nd referral and call home (detention, possible suspension)
6. 3rd referral and call home (dropped from class without credit)

Grading Scale: Grading Categories:
90-100 = A Reading Standards = 35%
80-89 = B Writing Standards = 35%
70-79 = C Listening and Speaking Standards = 15%
60-69 = D Class Participation = 15%
below 59.9 = F

Grade Reports:
Parents and students will be able to check current grades online at www.mygradebook.com.
If you do not have Internet access at home, you may go to the library. If you want a detailed report with individual assignments, you must take the initiative to check on your own.

Absence Policy:
Attendance matters! Be on time every day! When you have an excused absence you must take the INITIATIVE to ask the teacher for your make-up work the day you return. Repeated absences will affect your academic grade.




Tardy Policy:

• Students must check in at the Attendance Office if they arrive late to school to get a pass
• Over 30 minutes late equals a period truancy

1st – 3rd Tardy	Warning by teacher and call home
5th Tardy	Disciplinary referral for tardy, Lunch detention assigned by Attendance Office
8th Tardy	Disciplinary referral for tardy, 1 hour of detention after school assigned by Attendance Office
10th + Tardy	2 days of one hour of detention after school, in-school-suspension, or possible home suspension, assigned by Assistant Principal – referral written by Attendance Office

Bathroom Pass:
Passes will be distributed at the discretion of the teacher.

D and F Policy:
If you have a D or F in the class, you will be given the opportunity to attend after school tutorial or Night Library. Your parents will be contacted to inform them of your tutorial.

Organization (Planner & Notebook):
Write down the daily agenda and homework in your school planner. If you lose your school planner you will need to purchase another one. Keep your notebook well-organized with labeled dividers for every class. All graded work will be placed in your student folder kept in class.

Please use proper ECV 4-Part Heading on all papers:
First and Last Name

Key of the month

Teacher / Period ___
Date

One step to success is being prepared. Would you go to play baseball without bringing a bat, baseball, and glove? Of course you wouldn’t because you could not play the game. The same is true for playing the “game of school.” In order to “play,” you need certain supplies. We suggest that you purchase the following supplies so that you can be prepared to be successful in school.

• 3-inch three-ring binder
• Planner (provided by school)
• Blank lined college-ruled paper
• A variety of colored pens
• Number 2 pencils
• Pencil pouch
• A variety of colored highlighters
• Colored pencils
• Flash drive (highly recommended)
• Spiral college-ruled notebook
• Tab Dividers
• Glue stick
• Small stapler (made to fit in pencil pouch)
• Ruler
• 3-hole punch (made to fit in binder)

English 1C & 2C

Hello Parents/Guardians! Please have your student explain all of the information in the class syllabus from their class notes. You may also review the syllabus at www.mscadwell.wikispaces.com. If you need a paper copy of the class syllabus, please have your student ask me for one. Your signature below tells me that you have read, understood, and agreed to support your child’s success in this class. Thank you very much.


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Michelle Cadwell
Classroom Phone (619)401-4883
Email: mcadwell@guhsd.net

• Online Grades www.mygradebook.com

(Student name- print) (date)



(Parent(s) name- print) (date)


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(Parent(s) signature) Home:
Work:
Cell: _
E-mail:



I, _ accept the challenges of this class and
(Student signature) am committed to succeeding.